Medicine-timer.



A. J. SGRITGHFIELD.

MEDICINE TIMER.

APPLIUATION FILED DEG.17,,1908.

927,007. Patented July 6, 1909'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS J. SGRITCHFIELD, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOWALTER W. WOODBING, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

MEDICINE-TIMER.

Application filed December 17, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos J. SORITOH- FIELD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Janesville, in the county of Rock and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMedicine- Timers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in medicine timers.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character bymeans of which the time for taking medicine may be indicated.

A further object is to provide a medicine timer adapted to be applied toa clock and provided with a plurality of pointers each having adifferent color or designating feature and adapted to co-act with thenumbers on a clock dial whereby when the hand of the clock reaches thehour indicated by one of the pointers, the time is indicated for takingmedicine from a bottle or vial on which has been placed a labelcorresponding to the color of or designating feature of the pointer.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts asWill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a clockshowing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview through the timer removed-fromthe clock; Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the pointersremoved from the timer; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are detail views of portions ofthe bottles or vials having labels thereon corresponding in color to thepointers on the timer.

In the embodiment of the invention, I provide a cylinder 1 which may beformed of any suitable material and is open at both ends as shown. Thecylinder 1 is adapted to be applied to the outer or face side of a clock2. The clocks to which the timer is applied are preferably of theordinary round or cylindrical clocks now in use and the timer is of suchdiameter as to correspond with the diameter of the clock. The cylinderis preferably held Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 468,035.

in engagement with the clock by means of spring clamping fingers 3 ofwhich there may be any suitable number arranged at intervals around theouter side of the timer and proj ecting rearwardly therefrom. Theclamping fingers 3 are engaged with the outer sides of the clock and thecylinder 1 pushed back into engagement with the crystal covering thedial.

The inner side of the cylinder is provided with a series ofannularT-shaped channels 4 which are preferably formed by a series ofannular ribs 5 secured to the inner side of the cylinder 1 in anysuitable manner. Adapted to be slidably engaged with the channels 4 arepointers 6 having on their inner ends offset heads 7 which are adaptedto frictionally engage the T-shaped channels and thereby hold thepointers in their adjusted position around the inner side of thecylinder. The device may be formed with any desired number of channelsfor receiving the pointers 6, said channels being spaced apart asufficient distance to permit the pointers to be readily moved past oneanother.

In the drawings, I have shown the device as constructed to receive threepointers. In providing a plurality of pointers, each of the same iscolored differently or provided with some other designating feature. Thepointers 6 in the present instance are indicated as being differentlycolored and the colors of the pointers correspond to the colors oflabels 8 placed on the bottles or vials 9 containing different medicinesto be taken at different hours.

In the use of the device, the pointers corresponding to the differentcolored labels on the several bottles are adjusted on the timer to bringthe same opposite to the hour that the medicine in the bottle having thelabel corresponding to this respective pointer is supposed to be takenso that as the hour or minute hand of the clock reaches the hourindicated by the pointer, the time for taking this particular medicinewill be shown.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the inventers-Patent is:

the invention, as defined in the appended i member, flexible fingerssecured thereto 5 claims. adapted to removably hold the annular Havingthus described my invention, what member upon the clock, a plurality ofchan- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letf nel ways formed insideof said annular memher, and pointers arranged to travel in said channelways and to indicate a particular 20 time.

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a clock, ofan annular member removably secured thereto,' channel In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set ways formed upon said member, and dii'lermyhand in presence of two subscribing witent colored pointers movable insaid channel nesses. ways and adapted to designate a particular AMOS J.SCRITCHFIELD. time. Witnesses 2. In a device of the class described, theHENRY F. CARPENTER, combination with a clock, of an annular AROHIE REID,Jr.

